A Simple Seven Egg Painting on a Plate Changed My Family Forever

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“Maybe we should think about a smaller place for you, Mom,” she said, her voice rising at the end like a question. “A condo in town would be so much easier to heat in November.”

I kept my head down, pulling a persistent clump of crabgrass from the damp soil. “Your father built the greenhouse on this lot with his own hands, Clara.”

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